To establish that God has people in every city - and needs our help to call them unto salvation. We are reminded not to trust in our skills in preaching - but in the power of the gospel of Christ to save.

In this passage James speaks to us about "human" anger and the moral filth of the world. He then compares the Word of God to a spiritual mirror that we need to look into intently if we desire to be spiritually presentable to God.

To establish that &#8220;pistis&#8221; is the process or the doctrine of faith. It is the gospel of grace that is preached. While &#8220;pisteuo&#8221; is the end results of that process. It is one&#8217;s belief in the gospel of Christ, after hearing it preached.

The chorus of witnesses that went ahead of us calls us, by their example to live lives of faith, with one eye set on our eternal home and one eye set right here and now on the mission field we call our lives.